Removable container and sanitary pack



Nov. 7, 1933. w, v REA ET AL 1,934,326

REMOVABLE CONTAINER AND SANITARY PACK Filed Sept. 11, 1931 By W; I Attorney Patented Nov. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT o-FFicE William V. Rea and Pamela F. Rea, Calumet City, 111.

Application September 11, 1931 Serial No. 562,313

5 Claims. (01. 312-56) Our invention relates to improvements in a removable container and sanitary pack and it more especially relates to the features pointed out in the annexed claims.

The purpose of our invention is to provide a container, associated with a sanitary pack, of small dimensions that is easily attached to and, when necessary, detached from a toilet stool without disarranging the usual hinge fastenings from the stool covers; that by reason of the small size of the container and its shape very little of the tank is covered and there is no conflict with the usual flushing handles whether they occur near the top or near the bottom of the tank.

' Also, in order to form the container of reduced height we use extra folds of the individual sheets of the sanitary pack. Preferably a backing is used to which the sheets are secured at their narrow bottom ends and we may apply a band around the pack at its upper end to prevent the last sheets of a pack from falling down when not wanted. Curved or angular sides of a pack are utilized to rest on the similar edges of the container inside of front flanges. A door may be provided swinging horizontally to facilitate the insertion of a new pack into the container. A further object is to provide a cabinet or container having a rear wall of greater depth at the top than at the bottom to accommodate the extra thickness of the additional folds of the individual sheets at the top of the container which provision also allows more room for the stool covers when these are raised.

This application is a continuation in part of the container and pack featured in our copending application, Serial Number 539,752, filed May 25, 1931 which has been issued as Patent No. 1,924,513 dated Aug. 29, 1933.

With these and other ends in view, we illustrate in the accompanying drawing such instances of adaptation as will disclose the broad underlying features of our invention without limiting ourselves to the specific details shown thereon and described herein.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete container and pack.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation in section of a container.

Fig. 3 is a foreshortened perspective view of a banded backing sheet.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar of a complete pack.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of an unfolded and detached sanitary seat cover.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic elevation of the edge of a sheet showing a backward fold.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic elevation of the edge of a sheet showing a forward fold.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic elevation of the edge of a central folded sheet.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged perspective of one of the fastening feet.

In manufacturing and marketing our sanitary toilet accessory we may use whatever equivalents or alternatives of structure that the exigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from the broad spirit of the invention.

A cabinet 1 is provided with a wide and long top flange 3 joined to a vertically positioned back which at its bottom end 4 is relatively shallow and narrow. The edges of the cabinet or container may be flanged on a curve 5 or at an angle as desired. At the bottom a shallow upwardly projecting flange 7 is formed to cooperate with the curved front flanges 6 in holding the pack 9 in the container. When the door 2, hinged at its end, is swung forward on its hinges the entire front of the container is open. This makes it easy to place a new pack into the cabinet container.

A group of sheets 9 assembled together are held onto a stiffened backing 11 by means of any desired fastenings 12 at the narrow lower end. These fastenings pass through a narrow reinforcing strip 8. The upper edge of this strip may, if desired, be serrated or sharpened to assist in severing the sheets as they are drawn away from the pack. The upper portion of a pack may be provided with a permanent band 10 forming an integral part of the backing 11' or a band 13 may be attached to the back. These bands serve to hold even a single sheet from dropping forward when not wanted. The sheets of a pack are further held in place by the curved flanges 6 or an equivalent angle until it is desired to remove a single sheet. This is done by grasping the pointed end 18 and pulling it downward. The sheet unfolds itself from the folds 17 as it is withdrawn from behind a supporting band, such as 10 or 13.

Each sheet has a central guard 14 attached permanently at 16. It has a severable support 15 which holds the guard in position while the sheets are assembled in the pack.

The container is spot welded or otherwise attached to angular supports 19, which have horizontal feet 20. Each foot has an open ended l. shaped slot 21 formed in it. By slightly loosening the nuts 22 the feet 20 are passed sidewise under the nuts. This sidewise assembly is imtank and the stool cover is restricted. Lengthwise slots in the feet would necessitate the almost entire removal of nuts 22. If holes alone are formed in the feet 20 it is quite obvious that the nuts 22 must be entirely removed. In contrast to this by reason of the L shaped slots 21, the nuts 22 need be but slightly loosened. The container is moved sidewise into position parallel to the tank and it is then drawn slightly forward as far as needed. The nuts 22 are tightened and the installation is completed. The seat 23 is hinged at 24 in the usual manner and the nuts 22 hold the hinges 24 in engagement with the stool 25. The slots 21 also permit adjustments to be made in positioning the cabinet on the stool to\ accommodate the varying distances between the tank and the stool and the distances between the centers of the fastening nuts.

In practice it is found that the roughing in" of the toilet bowl in respect of the flushing tank is .quite variable. This variation may be overcome which hold the customary toilet seat thereon,

slipping the feet sidewise under said loosened bolts and adjusting the container forwardly or rearwardly to the desired position before tightening the bolts, said transverse slot being necessitated by the restricted space in the usual installation between the plane of the bolts and adjacent obstructions.

2. In containers for sanitary packs having sheets of paper folded at the upper edge of the pack, comprising a deep forwardly projecting flange at the top, a narrow and shallow forwardly projecting flange at the bottom, flanges of varying depth connecting the bottom and top'flanges; a rectangular portion at the top, an open front beneath the top, said flanges supporting the side edges of the pack against gravity, and means for preventing the sheets bulging forward.

3. A container for a pack of folded toilet seat covers which pack is thicker at the folded edge, comprising a rear wall, a rectangular top portion, a narrower and shallower bottom portion, a partially open front, outwardly extending side edges wide at the top narrow at the bottom and in gradually changing widths joining the top and the bottom portions to accommodate the increase in thicknesses of the folded portion of the pack of folded toilet seat covers.

4. In containers for sanitary packs having sheets of paper folded at the upper edge of the pack, comprising a main wall, a deep forwardly projecting flange at the top, a narrow and shallow forwardly projecting flange at the bottom, flanges of varying depth connecting the bottom and top flanges; a rectangular portion at the top, an open front beneath the top, said flanges supporting the side edges of the pack against gravity, means for preventing the sheets bulging forward, and angular supports having slotted feet secured to the main wall for supporting the container on a toilet bowl.

5. A container for a pack of folded toilet seat covers which pack is thicker at the folded edge, comprising a rear wall, a rectangular top portion, a narrower and shallower bottom portion, a partially open front, outwardly extending side edges wide at the top narrow at the bottom, in gradually changing widths joining the top and the bottom portion to accommodate the increase in thicknesses of the folded portion of the pack of folded toilet seat covers, and angular supports having 

